The two-time Indian Wells champion was unable to earn a single break point opportunity in the opening set, and needed to face down five on serve, including two set points for Hanescu. Djokovic then capitalised on his first chance for a 2-0 lead in the second set and broke Hanescu again to close the match.

Gonzalez reached the third round by ousting No. 31 seed Ivan Dodig 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) in two hours and 17 minutes, overcoming 13 aces from the Croat. The Colombian had saved four match points in a first round win over Adrian Mannarino for his first tour-level victory.

Ernests Gulbis and Grigor Dimitrov will meet for the third time in four weeks, after both players advanced with straight-sets wins in their second-round matches. The 20th-seeded Gulbis dismissed Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-3, and No. 15 seed Dimitrov followed with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Dutchman Robin Haase.

Gulbis won their first FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter in the Rotterdam second round, and Dimitrov avenged the loss in a late-night quarter-final battle that spanned two hours and 40 minutes last week in Acapulco. Dimitrov went on to claim the ATP World Tour 500 title.